The Muhlenberg, Vol. 22

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Excerpt from The Muhlenberg, Vol. 22: September, 1904 In order to determine the sphere of the American College, education may be divided into four general grades, primary, secondary, collegiate and university. The school trains the child, the academy trains the youth, the college trains the man, the university trains the specialist. As the field of each of these institutions is clearly defined, will the work of each be intelligently and thoroughly performed. While each grade prepares for the next higher, each should also have something of approximate completeness and finality for such students as can not afford to prolong their school days. Taking the youth between the years of sixteen and eighteen, at that nondescript period when he is no longer a boy and cer tainly not yet a man, the college is to form his character, to develop his powers, to impart knowledge and to add culture. In other words, is the prime business of a college to afford its students a liberal education, which according to its deriva tion, means an education worthy of a freeman as compared with that of a slave. A liberal education is that which pre pares for complete living. Every man, says Dr. Arnold, from the highest to the lowest, has two businesses, the one his own particular profession, or calling, be it what it will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.